THE
ARGENT STAR
by
Emerson Fray
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
BLURB:
Ren
Argent wanted to be an archeologist and spend her life exploring the
lost cities of Earth. But when a new planet is discovered and her
father is appointed King, she has to leave behind everything she
knows to rule over a place she’s only heard of in legends.
Not long
after her arrival she discovers there are insurgents hiding in the
darkened forests and the planet is on the brink of civil war. It
won’t be long until the Monarchy steps in to “neutralize” the
threat.
Will she
be able to stop the hostile takeover? Or will her actions ignite a
rebellion across the universe?
Excerpt;
“Well,
when the Monarchy showed them this,”—Garret nodded to the
paper—“and their current Prime Minister dead, his successor was
very willing to pass the torch.”
Ren
inspected the paper closer while Elian tried to remember what a Prime
Minister was. The only words she could make out were “Star Deed”
and “Meredith Argent”, along with a seemingly random set of
numbers.
“Something
that isn’t widely known is that back on Earth in the latter
twentieth to early twenty-first century, people would gift stars to
each other,” Garret explained.
“Seriously?”
Elian asked.
Garret
nodded. “And in 1984, a man named Daniel Argent gave his
girlfriend and soon to be wife a star for their wedding. Ring any
chimes?”
“Bells,”
Ren corrected. “And yes, it does. Are you saying because our
ancestor named a star, through a company that doesn’t have any
right to name stars I might add, that we own it now? And by default,
the planet that orbits it?”
“Absolutely,”
Garret said with a grin. Ren had hoped her corrections would make
him think twice before opening his mouth, or at least put a damper on
his mood, but it did neither.
“You
are now the royal family of the planet Novae.” Garret bowed
towards the new royals. “Welcome to the Monarchy.”
AUTHOR
Bio and Links:
Emerson
Fray currently resides in Hamilton, Ontario. While most of her
stories happen on other planets, she remains on Earth 24/7 hunting
down hawks and bugs to photograph, as well as chasing her mother’s
dog to reclaim stolen shoes. A self taught Pokemon trainer and
coffee lover, she spends most of her valuable time pinning recipes
she will never make on boards she will forget about.
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